Goa CM says casino policy and gaming commission still under examination, no timelines given for notification

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, in a written response given to the legislative assembly today stated that the issue of bringing out a casino policy for Goa and appointment of a Gaming Commission to oversee offshore and onshore casinos🦂 is ‘under examination.’

Sawant stated this in a written reply to an unstarred question raised by Congress MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco, who sought to know why the contours of the casino policy, which had being announceꦦd by then Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar in the legislative assembly last year, with an assuraওnce formally announcing the detailed document by the end of August 2018 has not being rele🦄ased till date.

Lourenco also sought to know the status of appointment of a Gaming Commission, tꦑhat Parrikar had stated w🅠ould be announced by December 2018, and also sought to know the reasons for the delay in the implementation of the assurance.

Sawant did not give any specific reply to Lourenco’s query on the time frame by which the casino policy and gaming c✤ommission will be notified, and the reason💯s for the delay in the announcement.

In two separate responses to starred questions raised by BJP MLA Nilkanth Halarnkar, Sawant stated that six licenses have been given to offshore casinos and eight licenses have been currently issued to onshore cas☂inos.

He stated that no cases of violation of any casino license term or condition have been reported to the governm꧅ent so far.